Joseph

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Joseph Merrick was visited by a celebrity in Victorian London, also, by a Royal

prejudices hindered efforts to build a statue of the elephant-man, has claimed biographer.

Jo Vigor-Mungovin, the Joseph Merrick ' s pursues the grave, has been trying to raise the estimated £100,000 Cost for a memorial in his birth town of Leicester.

But the progress is slow, with critics saying the idea was a "Freak Show " and The City was "ugly enough".

Mrs power-Mungovin said: "There is a fear of what would be The Statue , how - But he was an inspiring Figure ".

Joseph Merrick , the skeleton was preserved at The Royal London Hospital

But this was said anyone offended should "get Over It , supported by artists and disability fighter Alison Lapper ,".

Merrick , born in Leicester, in 1862, But his physical disabilities forced him in a work house.

In 1884, he joined a touring exhibition and eventually found His Way to The Royal London Hospital , where he died in 1890.

While Merrick 's skeleton was kept in The Hospital , his soft tissue was buried in a common plot, But the location was Forgotten .

Jo Vigor-Mungovin keeps track of the location of Joseph Merrick ' s grave is now marked with a plaque

in Short, women's power-Mungovin saw in the erection of a statue to Merrick .

"I didn't expect it to be controversial," She Said . "But I also have about the same reaction over and over.

"If I to the financing sources or places, the people seem to be interested at first, But when you hear it, you will see a statue of the elephant-man, you seem a little shocked.

"they say, 'you can't do that, or stop answering E-Mails or The Phone .

"I'm a descendant of Tom Norman, the showman, was with Joseph , and I have accused you, even an accomplice to a "vampire-showman's crime'. "

Joseph Merrick woman power-Mungovin, says the 1980 Film has printed a large influence on the perception of

A letter in the Leicester Mercury newspaper said: "He was a freak of Nature . our poor city has become ugly enough without a statue of this poor man is displayed. "

The complaint, the Facebook page was required to say, with a person behind to ask if Merrick deserves a statue: "He had a rare disease and apparently that makes him kind of amazing. "

Other comments from people, calling it a "Freak Show ", or said: "we have to dance another [statue] of the bears on hot coals", and "distortions should not be celebrated".

Despite the increase, only a fraction of the Cost , woman power-Mungovin said that they are still trying to realize her dream, with fundraising events, new designs for The Statue and a possible exhibition of the objects in connection with Merrick .

The Statue , which previously only

outlines"I think the model [miniature design] is a lot of people's minds at rest," She Said .

"And I hope that elements from The Royal London Hospital for The Exhibition , perhaps even the full-size copy of his skeleton. "

It is not the only statue that planned a remarkable Leicester character of The City and the other seem to be more warmly received.

the plans for a statue to the memory of murdered playwright Joe Orton of the world to act and in November.

And last April, then-Deputy Keith Vaz , a statue of a language should be built, died in a helicopter crash outside of club stadium in 2018. The design of Mr Vaz was proposed by two elephants, the one with The Animal as a symbol of good luck in Thailand .

The Statue of Alison Lapper was born on display in Trafalgar Square from 2005 to 2007

artist-Ms Lapper, armless and with short legs, it was announced, as she displayed was a statue of her, naked and pregnant, on the Trafalgar Square the fourth plinth is.

"the settings have changed since then, But not tremendously," She Said . "I remember sitting under my statue and see the children rushed to the people's murmuring, "it was inappropriate", But it started a conversation that is Still Going on today.

"I can't imagine how hard it must have been, as the disabled in the Victorian Era , it was hard enough for me, born in the' 60s.

"It would be great to see a statue of Joseph , especially when he raises his courage, self from the work house.

"the people still feel uncomfortable around disability, But if that is All That is stopping this, then I: 'Tough, get Over It say. "

Mrs power-Mungovin said: "the ideas of the people to be ruled by him, by the movie from the 1980s, do you want to feel sorry for him.

"But The Real story is, he had a pretty good life, all things considered.

"He took control, he uses his condition to his advantage, it is a strong story. "

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